Cartridge-deflector for top-ejection guns.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

. W. BENNETT. CARTRIDGE DEPLEGTOR FOR TOP EJEGTION GUNS.

APPLICATION FILED HA3. 4, 1907.

UNITED STA ES PA ENT OFFICE.

WINCHESTER BENNETT, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WINCHESTERREPEATING ARMS COMPANY, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTI- OUT, A CORPORATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed March 4,1907. Serial No. 360,489,

1'0 on whom it 777/6Ly concern:

Be it known that I, WINCHESTER BENNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCartridgevention I may apply it to different kinds of Deflectors forTopdnjection Guns; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, 1n

Figure 1 a broken view in side elevation of a gun provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 a view thereof partly in rear elevation and partlyin section on the line ab of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to an improvement in cartridge deflectors fortop-ejection guns provided with centrally arranged telescopes, theobject being to provide simple and reliable means for laterallydeflecting the spent Shells and so preventing them from hitting thetelescope for which it acts as a fender.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the combination with agun having a top ejection-opening, of a cartridge deflector secured tothe gun and extending upward partlally over the said opening.

My invention further consists in certaiir details of construction aswill be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a sheet-metalcartridge deflector 2 Secured by screws 3 to the left hand wall of agun-frame or receiver 4 which is formed with a top ejection-opening 5through which the spent cartridge shells 6 are ejected in the usualmanner. The upper portion of the cartridge deflector 2 extends from leftto right partially over the opening 5 so that the cartridges will bethrown against it and deflected from left to right and So prevented fromflying and hitting the telescope 7 which is centrally supported by frontand rear mountings 8 so that its rear end extends centrally over theejection-opening 5. The deflector thus acts asa fender for the telescopeand it might be called a telescope fender. If the spent shells areallowed to hit the tele scope they will injure the same and rebound intothe opening 5 and clog the gun.

It is obvious that in carrying out my i11- guns and that otherapplications of it than that shown may require appropriate changes init. I do not therefore limit myself to the construction shown anddescribed herein.

I claim 1. A gun having a top ejection-opening, in combination with acartridge deflector applied to the gun and extending partially over thesaid opening in position to laterally deflect the spent shells as theyissue from the said opening.

2. The combination with a gun having a top ejection-opening, of acartridge deflector applied to the gun and extending partially over thesaid opening, and a centrally arranged telescope the rear end of whichextends over the said opening.

3. The combination with a gun having a top ejection-opening, of acartridge deflector applied to the left hand side of the gun andextending from left to right partially over the said opening, and acentrally arranged telescope the rear end of which extends over the saidopening.

4. In a gun, the combination with a receiver having a topejection-opening, of a telescope centrally arranged so as to extend overthe said ejection-opening at its rear end, and a cartridge deflectorattached to the left hand Side of the said receiver and extending overthe said opening to laterally deflect the spent shells issuing therefromand so act as a fender for the telescope.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

WIN CHESTER BENNETT.

lVitnesses DANIEL H. VEADEE, THOMAS C. JOHNSON.

